10/09/2013

Tracks, Tyres and Skid Units: The Story of Ford Tractor Conversions Part One – Evolution 1917-1964, Steven Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn Productions), DVD, approx 90 minutes. ISBN 978-1-908397-85-0. Available from Old Pond end October at £16.95 inc. VAT (This does not appear in the new Old Pond catalogue.)

For advance orders or further information email jennie@oldpond.com.

Ever since the first Fordson tractor appeared in 1917 other companies have used the basic tractor skid unit as a power source for different agricultural and industrial machinery.

Steven Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam of Tractor Barn Productions give a chronological account of these conversions showing them with the actual tractor model they are based on. In this way we see how the various machines from Roadless, County, Muir-Hill, Doe, JCB and Matbro, to mention just a few, were developed and sold alongside each other.

The programme is based on footage from many events, both large and small, across the British Isles, showing the machines at work wherever possible. The Tractor Barn duo have also blended in archive film.

This fascinating glimpse into machines built between 1917 and 1964 includes examples of the following: